Materials from the Johnson Library Pertaining to the Assassination of John F
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National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org MATERIALS FROM THE JOHNSON LIBRARY PERTAINING TO THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY INTRODUCTION This list includes the principal files in the Johnson Library that contain material relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is not definitive, however, and researchers should consult with the Library's archivists about other potentially useful files. The guide includes those collections which have been opened for research in part or in whole, and those collections which are currently unprocessed or unavailable. WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES (WHCF) This permanent White House office was the main filing unit during the Johnson presidency, though not the primary file for foreign policy documents. Material was filed under 60 major subject headings, several of which are pertinent to the Kennedy assassination. Box # FE 3-1/Kennedy, John F. Federal Government Deaths/Funerals, JFK 3-5 EX FG 1 The President of the United States, 11/22/64-1/10/64 9 FG 2/Kennedy, John F. Former Presidents/Kennedy, John F. 40-41, 43-45 FG 635 Commission to Report on the Assassination of President John F. 376 Kennedy (Warren Commission) JL 3/FG 1 Justice - Legal Matters/Presidential Assassinations 37 JL 3/FG 2/Kennedy, John F. Justice Legal Matters/Former Presidents/ Kennedy, John F. 37 PP 1/FG 2/Kennedy, John F. President, Personal/Former Presidents/ Kennedy, John F. 9-10 02/28/17 1 National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org (Cross references and letters from the general public regarding the assassination.) PR 4-1 Public Relations - Support after the Death of John F. Kennedy 28-43 [The file contains expressions of support following the assassination. Only a portion of this material was xeroxed for the JFK Records Assassination Collection.] WH 14-2 White House Automobiles [includes material on the restoration 28 of the car in which President Kennedy was riding when he was assassinated.] WHCF NAME FILE This file serves as a name index to the Subject File. Name Files, in general, contain copies of the first page of documents (used as cross references) filed in the Subject Files. "James Garrison (Jim)" Box 47 "Oswald, Lee Harvey (Mrs. Marina)" 101 "Ruby, Jack" 230 WHCF CONFIDENTIAL FILE Arranged in the same subject categories as the WHCF Subject File, this file contains security classified or otherwise sensitive material. The CF Name File serves as a name index to the CF Subject File and may contain cross references filed under names of people who have been linked with the assassination. This collection also includes agency reports and oversize attachments. The CF is entirely processed, but portions are still classified. CF FG 2 Former Presidents Box 17 CF FG 635 Commission to Report on the Assassination of President John F. 39 Kennedy (Warren Commission) CF JL Justice and Legal Matters 60 CF Name File "Kennedy" 147 02/28/17 2 National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org NATIONAL SECURITY FILE This file was the working file of President Johnson's special assistants for national security affairs, McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow. Documents in the file originated in the offices of Bundy and Rostow and their staffs, in the various executive departments and agencies, especially those having to do with foreign affairs and national defense, and in diplomatic and military posts around the world. NSF, Committee File, President's Committee on the Warren Report The President's Committee on the Warren Report, chaired by Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon and also known as the Dillon Committee, was appointed in September 1964 to advise the President "on the execution of the recommendations of the Warren Commission." It considered issues related to the protection of the President, general supervision of the Secret Service, and White House communication and security. The papers concern the establishment of the committee, its meetings, and its report. The file also contains material on the release of the Warren Commission Report, disclosure of the records of the Warren Commission, and public reaction to the Warren Commission Report. Although a few documents are still security classified, the collection has been processed and is available. General, Volume I Box 13 General, Volume II 13 General, Volume III 13 Meetings, Volume I 14 Meetings, Volume II 14 Recommendations 14 Pre-Release and Distribution 15 Hearings and Exhibits Release and Distribution 15 Public Disclosure of Reports and Working Papers 15 Television Control Room and Accommodations for Secret Service 15 CIA - Foreign Press Reaction 15 Domestic and Foreign Reactions 15 NSF, Country File NSF, Security File, Country File, Cuba "Cables, Vol. I," #131(sanitized), #134(open), #159(closed), Box 16 #161(closed), #178(closed) NSF, Country File, Cuba "Cuba Country, Vol. III, 5/64-10/64" 17 NSF, Country File, Cuba 02/28/17 3 National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org "Castro's Speeches, Vol. I," #33(closed) 20 NSF, Country File, Cuba "Contacts with Cuban Leaders," #46(sanitized), #47(closed) 21 NSF, Country File, Cuba "Intelligence, Vol. I," #31a(closed) 24 NSF, Country File, Cuba "TDCS's, Vol I," #152(closed), #158(closed), #170(closed), 32 #183(closed), #188(closed), #190 (closed) NSF, Country File, Mexico Vol. I, #122(closed) 58 NSF, Country File, USSR Vol. I,l #36(closed), #61(closed), #61a(closed), #11(open), 217 #45(open), #50(open), #51(open), #55(open), #57(open) NSF, Country File, USSR "Cables, Vol. II," #2(open), #34(open) 217 NSF, Country File, USSR "Vol. VIII, Cables, 2/65-4/65," Documents #58, #79, and #89 220 NSF, Country File, USSR NSF, Country File, USSR, "Vol. VIII, Memos, 2/65-4/65," 220 Document #124 NSF, Country File, USSR "Mikoyan Conversations, Vol. I," #6a(closed), #9a(closed), 228 #9b(closed), #1(closed) NSF, Country File, USSR "Vol. I, 11/63, Khrushchev Conversations with Kohler" 229 NSF, Country File, USSR "Khrushchev Conversations with Various Individuals," 229 #4a(closed), #5a(closed) NSF, Country File, USSR "USSR, Nosenko Defection, 2/64," #1(closed), #4 (closed), 229 #5(closed), #6(closed), #7(closed), #11(closed), #12(closed), #13(closed), #14(closed) NSF, Subject File "Kennedy Death - DEFCON Procedures" 20 NSF, Subject File "President's Meetings, November 25-29, 1963 [Head of State] 42 [2 folders] NSF, Agency File "CIA, Helms' Memoranda," #14(closed) 10 NSF, Intelligence File "Lee Harvey Oswald" 9 02/28/17 4 National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org NSF, Speech File "Speech, President's Joint Session of Congress (11/27/63)" 1 NSF, National Security Action Memorandums (NSAMs) "273 South Vietnam" 2 NSF, Memos to the President McGeorge Bundy: "Volume 1, November 1963-February 1964" 1 NSF, Files of McGeorge Bundy "Chron File, November 1963 (November 23-30, 1963)" 1 NSF, Files of Walt Rostow "[Non-Vietnam: March-June 1968]" Document #4A 16 NSF, Country File, Vietnam Staff Summaries and Digest of Overnight Reports, vol. VII, 1/68- 172 11/68" NSF, Intelligence File [Sanitized] Vol. 1," #29-31 (closed) 6 NSF, Intelligence Briefings President's Daily Brief, 11/22/63-12/5/63" 1 NSF, Situation Room File Situation Room Log, Vol. II, 11/26/63-8/20/64 1 Classified Log Book, Vol. VII, 11/23/63-6/64 58 JOHN McCONE MEMORANDA This collection, part of the Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, consists of notes of sixty-eight Presidential meetings attended by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John McCone between November 23, 1963, and McCone's resignation on April 28, 1965. In addition, there are notes for four Presidential meetings which one or more of McCone's key aides attended in his stead. Mr. McCone gave the collection of notes to President Johnson in 1969 to assist the former President with the preparation of his memoirs, The Vantage Point. "Meetings with the President, 23 November 1963 - 27 December 1963" Box 1 SPECIAL FILE ON THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY The file consists of original material and xerox copies brought together from various White House and Vice Presidential files in 1967 at the time that William Manchester's book, The Death of a President, was published. It includes background material for the trip to Dallas, material on Johnson's activities and meetings after the assassination, statements to the Warren Commission, staff recollections, an analysis of the Manchester book by Jake Jacobsen, the FBI 02/28/17 5 National Archives and Records Administration http://archives.gov National Archives Catalog https://catalog.archives.gov http://www.lbjlibrary.org report on the assassination, and other material. The collection has been processed and is available. Box # Manchester File 1 Jacobsen Analysis - Manchester Book 1 [Manchester Book - Extracts and Copies of Galley Proofs] 1 [Manchester Book - Copy of Galley Proof] 1 [Manchester Book - Copy of Galley Proof] 2 Warren Commission - President's Statements 2 Warren Commission 2 Oswald 2 Assassination - Forming of Warren Commission 2 O'Donnell, Ken 2 Research Done in This Office (DT) re: Manchester Book 2 Manchester Book - Hayes Redmon and Related Info. 2 [Background Material Concerning Texas Trip] 2 [Miscellaneous Material Concerning Texas Trip] 2 General File 2 President's Diary - November 22, 1963 2 Secret Service Reports 3 November '63 3 [President Johnson's Statements and Schedules 11/63 - 1/64] 3 [Daily Diary Back-up Material 11/22/63] 3 Original Warren Commission Material 3 [Liz Carpenter's Recollections of President Kennedy's Assassination] 4 [Press Ticker Tape] 4 Diary Back-up 4 November 1963 4 [President Johnson's Contacts, Remarks, etc.